for-clingan
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Forclingendu rigentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 21. Add:
for-cnídan
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Hé forcnýdeþ hí comminuet eas, Ps. Spl. 28, 6. Add
for-corfian
to cut off
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to cut off Ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne (-ceorfedne, -corfenne, v. ll.) hæfde, Past. 198, 17
Linked entry: corfian
for-cunnian
To tempt ⬩ try
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To tempt, try Huæt meh gé forcunnas quid me temtatis?, Mt. L. 22, 18. Of ðon forcunned sint quo appraehensi sunt, p. 13, 8
Linked entry: cunnian
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Add: of human beings Uncystig oððe heamol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91. For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon
for-cúþlic
infamous ⬩ ignominious ⬩ ignoble ⬩ despicable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ worthless ⬩ poor ⬩ bad
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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An. Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad.
Linked entry: cúþ-lic
for-cýþan
To reprove ⬩ rebuke
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To reprove, rebuke Geðreátas ł forcýðas of áde ... éc forcýðas ł geðreátas ꝥ hiá getimbredon byrgenna ðára wítgena increpat pharisaeos de juramento ... Item arguit pharisaeos aedificantes sepulchra prophetarum, Mt. p. 19, 11. 12. Forcýðde arguit (Sadducaeos
for-drífan
to drive away ⬩ off ⬩ out ⬩ to drive away ⬩ cast out ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to banish ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive aside ⬩ to overtask
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Add: to drive away, off, out an object from a position of rest Hé fordráf (eiecit) of ðǽm temple ðá scípo and ðá exin, Jn. L. R. 2, 15; Mt. L. 21, 12. Mið ðý fordrifenum (-drifnum, R.) allum ł mið ðý alle úte fordráf eiectis omnibus, Mk. L. 5, 40. Hine
for-dwilman
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for-elcian
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to put off too long, delay unduly Ꝥ sume þá gecorene . . . beón gemanede tó Godes þénunga þe heó forelcodan, Nap. 24 (12th cent. MS.)
Linked entry: elcian
for-eald
Similar entry: for-ealdian
for-eáþelíce
Very easily
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Very easily, without inconvenience Hú mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7
Linked entry: eáþe-líce
for-hergian
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Add: of action by persons, to lay waste a country, carry captive people Æfter þǽm þe hé Egyptum forhergede, hé gefór siþþan on Judana lond and hiera fela forhergeade; siþþan on Ircaniam hé heora fela gesette post transactum in Aegypto bellum plurimos
for-hínan
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Hé Sc̃e Petres mynster tó bysmere macede, and ealle þá óðre forhergode a nd forhýnde, Chr. 1068; P. 203, 28. Hé hí miclum tintrade and bismrade, oþ hié mid ealle wǽron fordón and forhiéned cruentissimam victoriam in eos exercuit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 26
Linked entry: for-hýnan
for-hladan
to exhaust
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to exhaust
for-hogdlíce
contemptuously
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With contempt, contemptuously Críst þá mycclan burh swá forhogdlíce nemde, Bl. H. 77, 26
Linked entry: -hogdlíce
for-hogian
to disdain ⬩ to disdain
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Add: to disdain Ic forhogige dedignor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 67. to hold in contempt a person or thing Hé ánum folgað and óðerne forhogað (-eð, L. contemnet), Lk. 16, 13. Forhogað accusat, Jn. R. 5, 45. Forogas, Mt. L. 6, 24. Gié forhogas bebod Godes vos
for-hogiendlic
Contemptible ⬩ despicable
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Contemptible, despicable Forhogigendlic contemptibilis, Scint. 62, 7: 125, 9
Linked entry: -hogiendlic
for-hogod
Despised ⬩ despicable ⬩ good-for-nothing
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Despised, despicable, good-for-nothing Se unnytta and forhogoda inrita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 65
Linked entry: for-hogd
for-hraþe
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Hé wearð þá gefullod forhraðe, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 1: Hml. S. 29, 149. Æðelstán cyng gefreóde Eádelm forraðe þæs ðe hé ǽrest cyng wæs very soon after he first was king, C. D. B. ii. 315, 18. Add